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so it's a really complicated diplomatic problem that the obama administration is aiming to solve. the president is leaving his vacation today. egypt will be a big topic of conversation tomorrow. >> thank you. >>> joining me now defense reporter from politico and msnbc contributor. hello to both of you. the president cancelled the u.s. military papgs in next month's training exercise with the egyptian military. how much pressure is the obama administration under and what do you think their next move will be? >> they are under a lot of pressure. you're hearing republicans and democrats on what's going on. the pressure point is about this $1.5 billion in aid. that's where the pressure point is going to come from. congress is going to be back in a couple of weeks and you'll hear more criticism from john mccain, lindsey graham on that issue and the obama administration is under a lot of pressure. we're not sure cutting off aid will help the situation. it's not a clear cut answer. president is taking gradual steps. the aid is a big step and seem not ready to take that. >> i'm curious, c
so it's a really complicated diplomatic problem that the obama administration is aiming to solve. the president is leaving his vacation today. egypt will be a big topic of conversation tomorrow. >> thank you. >>> joining me now defense reporter from politico and msnbc contributor. hello to both of you. the president cancelled the u.s. military papgs in next month's training exercise with the egyptian military. how much pressure is the obama administration under and what do you...
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i would argue that the obama administration must remain engaged with egypt. must be, must keep impressing on the egyptian military the need for constraint and also, play a mediation role. remember, karen, here, there is no neutral third force in egypt today. the society is deeply divide and you need an international force for mediation. i think the obama administration must renew its efforts to bridge the divide between two segments. the muslim brotherhood and the secular leaning or position in egypt. >> ambassador ginsburg, to that point in material of the u.s. relationship with egypt, i want to listen to something the president had to say on thursday. >> we want egypt to succeed. we want a peaceful, democratic, prosperous egypt. that's our interest. but to achieve that, the egyptians are going to have to do the work. >> you know, ambassador, to the point that the professor was making, what role can the united states play at this point? >> well, i agree with the professor. i think he was right on the money on this. we have to understand, karen, the military
i would argue that the obama administration must remain engaged with egypt. must be, must keep impressing on the egyptian military the need for constraint and also, play a mediation role. remember, karen, here, there is no neutral third force in egypt today. the society is deeply divide and you need an international force for mediation. i think the obama administration must renew its efforts to bridge the divide between two segments. the muslim brotherhood and the secular leaning or position in...
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what the obama administration could do is cowelless international action. there's a call for an event to criticize the egyptian government and the u.s. has resisted that. if we took a more forceful stance in the international community, we could build a coalition that could exert greater pressure. it doesn't seem like that's the way the white house is going to go. >> josh rogan, "newsweek" magazine, the daily beast, read his stuff, folk, at an important time. we'll keep an eye on egypt throughout the day as the day of rage protests are expected to intensify. plus, more revelations from nsa leaker edward snowden that show the nsa violated american's privacy thousands of times. can twitter predict election winners? the author of a new study that's getting a lot of buzz and could change the way campaigns connect in the future. first, a look ahead at today's politics planner. president obama is winding down his vacation but he's got the martha vineyard livestock and show. that looks fun. we're noting tomorrow, the english premier league soccer sticks off. liver
what the obama administration could do is cowelless international action. there's a call for an event to criticize the egyptian government and the u.s. has resisted that. if we took a more forceful stance in the international community, we could build a coalition that could exert greater pressure. it doesn't seem like that's the way the white house is going to go. >> josh rogan, "newsweek" magazine, the daily beast, read his stuff, folk, at an important time. we'll keep an eye...
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>> well, that's the challenge for the obama administration, and i think there's going to be a growing debate in washington about how far to go. the words today from president obama were tough. the action was rather modest. i think there's going to be pressure on the hill, particularly from republicans to take stronger action. there are a lot of different permutations that are possible when it comes to u.s. aid. but i also suspect that the egyptian military really doesn't care, that it's determined to continue on a charted course, to confront and confine the muslim brotherhood to basically eliminate it from the political equation, and to move forward on its own agenda. and so i suspect that relations between the two countries are likely to get worse and potentially far worse before they get better. >> in "the daly beast today," peter beinart called what is happening in egypt obama's greatest failure. quote, by historical standards, the obama administration has preside over few genuine foreign policy disasters. that's no accident. its self-consciously hippocratic approach modeled on wor
>> well, that's the challenge for the obama administration, and i think there's going to be a growing debate in washington about how far to go. the words today from president obama were tough. the action was rather modest. i think there's going to be pressure on the hill, particularly from republicans to take stronger action. there are a lot of different permutations that are possible when it comes to u.s. aid. but i also suspect that the egyptian military really doesn't care, that it's...
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it's produced either no response or exactly the opposite response from what the obama administration had sought. there were any number of people, including secretary chuck hagel saying, don't do this. we know that that's an option for you and you have pressure on you to do it and he did. >> well, steve, what's your take on this? because the other thing we've seen, in addition to the united states, you've got the eu now making statements. you've got other european leaders actually coming forward. you've got others trying to put pressure on the egyptians. it's not really all on the united states here. >> it's ad hoc and scattered. the germans have cut off their aid. we're still standing by the joint military exercises. listen, the vital national interest of the united states is try to obtain an option and participate in election and feel like they are included in that process. and what we've seen general al-sisi do is rip that prospect away from them. that can have nasty consequences not only for the united states itself. i think that this is in 1989. we imposed very harsh sanctions on
it's produced either no response or exactly the opposite response from what the obama administration had sought. there were any number of people, including secretary chuck hagel saying, don't do this. we know that that's an option for you and you have pressure on you to do it and he did. >> well, steve, what's your take on this? because the other thing we've seen, in addition to the united states, you've got the eu now making statements. you've got other european leaders actually coming...
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the new york times reports that the obama administration is taking preliminary steps to withhold aid to egypt. >> with the recent violent crackdown i don't see how we can continue aid. >> the act of the last few days is completely uncon shenable. i believe we have to change our aid. >> change our relationship with the military. >> joining us live now from cairo is yussef, what is the latest. >> reporter: another attack in the border town of rafa. in the northern town of the sinai peninsula. nbc news has learned that 28 conscripts from the police were on their way in two mini buses to the town, they were ambushed by armed gunmen. they were ordered down and then machine gun fire were opened. 25 we understand have been killed and three are in critical condition. that is likely to fuel the fire that has come between the two parties. u.s. assistance to egypt is going -- some more discussion over the next few days. senior officials tells nbc news that further assistance in the next few weeks. the decision could have to come before september. before the new fiscal year. and they're making i
the new york times reports that the obama administration is taking preliminary steps to withhold aid to egypt. >> with the recent violent crackdown i don't see how we can continue aid. >> the act of the last few days is completely uncon shenable. i believe we have to change our aid. >> change our relationship with the military. >> joining us live now from cairo is yussef, what is the latest. >> reporter: another attack in the border town of rafa. in the northern...
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the obama administration today saying it's deeply concerned about chemical weapon attacks in syria. now the pictures we're about to show you are very disturbing. they show what could be the worst chemical weapons attack since the late 1980s. hundreds of civilians were reported dead and now 35 nations are calling for a u.n. investigation. yes, many of those who were killed were just babies. all of this renewing calls for president obama to do more. i want to bring in the national journalist chris fraigts. good morning. >> good morning. >> you have the president kicking off this two-day bus tour. he wants to focus on college affordability, but there's so much going on. you do have to wonder if anybody's going to hear that message. >> well, that's right, chris. and the president is desperately trying to get his mojo back with his agenda here. as you point out, in the last month, the events that have unfolded have been completely out of control. whether it's chemical weapons in syria, whether it's a situation in egypt. and so he wants to try to bring the discussion back to the economy a
the obama administration today saying it's deeply concerned about chemical weapon attacks in syria. now the pictures we're about to show you are very disturbing. they show what could be the worst chemical weapons attack since the late 1980s. hundreds of civilians were reported dead and now 35 nations are calling for a u.n. investigation. yes, many of those who were killed were just babies. all of this renewing calls for president obama to do more. i want to bring in the national journalist...
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. >>> coming up, while the obama administration ponders contingencies in response to the bloody crisis in syria, a diverse and familiar group of critics join the chorus for intervention. we'll discuss when mark mazetti joins us next. [ dennis ] it's always the same dilemma -- who gets the allstate safe driving bonus check. rock beats scissors! [ chuckles ] wife beats rock. and with two checks a year, everyone wins. [ female announcer ] switch today and get two safe driving bonus checks a year for driving safely. only from allstate. call 866-906-8500 now. [ dennis ] zach really loves his new camera. problem is...this isn't zach. it's a friend of a friend who was at zach's party and stole his camera. but zach's got it covered... with allstate renters insurance. [ female announcer ] protect your valuables for as low as $4 a month when you add renters insurance to your allstate auto policy. call 866-906-8500 now. what are you doing? we're switching car insurance. why? because these guys are the cheapest. why? good question. because a cut-rate price could mean cut-rate protection. you shoul
. >>> coming up, while the obama administration ponders contingencies in response to the bloody crisis in syria, a diverse and familiar group of critics join the chorus for intervention. we'll discuss when mark mazetti joins us next. [ dennis ] it's always the same dilemma -- who gets the allstate safe driving bonus check. rock beats scissors! [ chuckles ] wife beats rock. and with two checks a year, everyone wins. [ female announcer ] switch today and get two safe driving bonus checks...
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what republicans want to do, there is a key day coming up in october where the obama administration has to make the case for young people to enter into the system. this makes the system flush when we have young healthy people involved who don't have the health care through other means. they want to try to disrupt that in any way possible. it's a calculated political move they're making here. like jared said this he can't defund it, but the american people need to look at the data. honestly, we need to keep pushing for single pair health care and push this program just like folk pushed social security and medicare to make it better for the american people, we need the affordable act to be beneficial to the american people. >> i'm very much addicted to taking the kids to the doctor when they're sick. if they get hurt, that's a serious addiction i have. pretty much everybody else does too. >> i suffer from the same addiction too, jared, sadly. thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> coming up, while you were recessing, bluegrass edition, and why senator mitch mcconnell is now trolling his o
what republicans want to do, there is a key day coming up in october where the obama administration has to make the case for young people to enter into the system. this makes the system flush when we have young healthy people involved who don't have the health care through other means. they want to try to disrupt that in any way possible. it's a calculated political move they're making here. like jared said this he can't defund it, but the american people need to look at the data. honestly, we...
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next up, the obama administration has been installing solar panels on the roof of the white house this week making good on a 2010 promise to make the building more energy independent. this marks the second time that the white house has been retrofit with the energy saving devices. the first was 34 years ago when under then president jimmy carter who hoped to inspire an alternative energy revolution during the oil embargo of the '70s. his message, however, fell upon deaf ears, and the solar panels were removed just seven years later by the reagan administration in 1986. here was president carter describing his reaction to that from the documentary "a road not taken." >> i was disappointed, somewhat angry when i saw that president reagan had taken this symbolic step of retreating from the commitment to renewable energy. >> but the story didn't end there. the film follows those very solar panels, 32 in all, after they were salvaged by unity college in maine where they helped power the school cafeteria. and when they reached the end of their useful life there, some of them went on a road t
next up, the obama administration has been installing solar panels on the roof of the white house this week making good on a 2010 promise to make the building more energy independent. this marks the second time that the white house has been retrofit with the energy saving devices. the first was 34 years ago when under then president jimmy carter who hoped to inspire an alternative energy revolution during the oil embargo of the '70s. his message, however, fell upon deaf ears, and the solar...
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it says, quote, the obama administration is come police sit in the new and horrifyingly bloody crackdown launch wednesday. it continues, this refusal to take a firm stand against massive violations of human rights is as self-defeating for the united states as it is unconscionable. continued u.s. support is helping to push the country towards a new dictatorship rather than a restored democracy. why hasn't the white house been more strongly critical prior to the point where it got violent? >> well, because in large measure it's slim leverage is through the military. as both p.j. and michael alluded to, the military has been the most important, most stable, most powerful institution in egypt going back 30 years or more and it's the ones that institutionally the united states has the closest ties with. there are basically two different arguments here. one is the united states ought to be on the right of democracy and peace in all things and in that case should side with the elected president who was ousted, mohammed morsi, even though the administration has serious policy differences with hi
it says, quote, the obama administration is come police sit in the new and horrifyingly bloody crackdown launch wednesday. it continues, this refusal to take a firm stand against massive violations of human rights is as self-defeating for the united states as it is unconscionable. continued u.s. support is helping to push the country towards a new dictatorship rather than a restored democracy. why hasn't the white house been more strongly critical prior to the point where it got violent?...
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what the obama administration said within the last hour. we'll play that for you. >>> plus, the family of the college athlete murdered in oklahoma now waiting for his body to be returned to australia. this as police report one of the teenagers charged in connection with the murder thought it was, quote, one big joke. >>> plus, the white house comes out in defense of dogs that are deemed too dangerous and are banned in hundreds of cities and even on some military bases. we'll talk with tia torres of the new animal planet show "pit bulls and parolees." it's our "news nation" gut check. [ voice of dennis ] ...safe driving bonus check? every six months without an accident, allstate sends a check. silence. are you in good hands? ♪ honey, we need to talk. we do? i took the trash out. i know. and thank you so much for that. i think we should get a medicare supplement insurance plan. right now? [ male announcer ] whether you're new to medicare or not, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. it's up to you to pay the
what the obama administration said within the last hour. we'll play that for you. >>> plus, the family of the college athlete murdered in oklahoma now waiting for his body to be returned to australia. this as police report one of the teenagers charged in connection with the murder thought it was, quote, one big joke. >>> plus, the white house comes out in defense of dogs that are deemed too dangerous and are banned in hundreds of cities and even on some military bases. we'll...
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so the obama administration is anxious to be able to corroborate those very reports. i've been speaking to some lawmakers on the hill. they say they are anxious to get corroboration. there's a lot of pressure on the obama administration to get answers about what specifically did take place in syria. back to you in the studio. >> reports that the president is squarely focused on the economy. for more on that we bring in josh, politics editor and insider. josh, it's always good to have you. when you think of the average college students, the borrower is leaving college with $26,000 in debt and the president spoke to us this morning and he talked about improving the cost effectiveness of higher education. josh, i think of you as a pretty sane guy. what is your reaction to what the president is proposing? >> i'm glad to be hearing this. for most of the last year when we talk about college affordability, we've been fighting about how to finance rapidly high cost of higher education. how much will be borne by students and how much will be borne by taxpayers. we need to be f
so the obama administration is anxious to be able to corroborate those very reports. i've been speaking to some lawmakers on the hill. they say they are anxious to get corroboration. there's a lot of pressure on the obama administration to get answers about what specifically did take place in syria. back to you in the studio. >> reports that the president is squarely focused on the economy. for more on that we bring in josh, politics editor and insider. josh, it's always good to have you....
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because they would say look, everybody here has been making a mistake for 50 years, we, the obama administration, will straighten it out. >> the most fascinating thing about this case is where the political party is going to line up. i would not be surprised. and haven't spoken to anybody inside the white house, but i wouldn't be surprised to see the white house not defend this. i think they should certainly not on legal grounds, certainly not -- they should not on legal grounds or political grounds. and as i just alluded to, it would be very interesting to see where the conservatives are, who have been making the argument on the delay on obama care, the carbon emissions, they have been making the argument that the agencies are going too far with their statutory authority to adopt these rules. they're way beyond their authority. it would be a total retreat for conservatives to impose the hollen suit. the other interesting thing is whether this gets into court. the courts have been skeptical about members of congresss. the famous case was recently when republicans tried to block obama going into
because they would say look, everybody here has been making a mistake for 50 years, we, the obama administration, will straighten it out. >> the most fascinating thing about this case is where the political party is going to line up. i would not be surprised. and haven't spoken to anybody inside the white house, but i wouldn't be surprised to see the white house not defend this. i think they should certainly not on legal grounds, certainly not -- they should not on legal grounds or...
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most americans don't think that the obama administration is incompetent. so this is just something that there's not, you know, a clear bill of goods against obama. there's not specific things that he's done. obviously, there's an element of the conservative base that continues to feel that the president is not legitimate. i think that most washington republicans have moved on. >> now, even ted cruz have said there aren't the votes in the senate to convict president obama. so what's the end game here? what is the point of bringing this up through multiple people, multiple locations, multiple occasions? >> i don't think there's a big kind of conspiracy on the right to float this idea. i think it makes the basic -- it shows the activists that they also think obama is a really bad president. this isn't going to go anywhere. the house republican leadership has zero appetite to move this direction. they're focused on the real fights coming up this fall on the debt ceiling. >> all right. thanks so much for being here this afternoon. >> thanks. >>> now we turn to
most americans don't think that the obama administration is incompetent. so this is just something that there's not, you know, a clear bill of goods against obama. there's not specific things that he's done. obviously, there's an element of the conservative base that continues to feel that the president is not legitimate. i think that most washington republicans have moved on. >> now, even ted cruz have said there aren't the votes in the senate to convict president obama. so what's the...
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administration released classified documents. in a new tumblr page that went live yesterday, it's clear that other the years the nsa has intercepted thousands of e-mails from americans who don't have anything to do with terrorism. painting the picture of an agency that began collecting over 50,000 e-mails of innocent americans in 2008 but didn't change their collection efforts and how they were implemented in 2011. one release from 2011 shows that judge john baits, the fisa court chief judge said, quote, the volume and nature of the information it's been collecting is fundamentally different than what the court had been led to believe. after a major document dump, does this help or hurt the president as he tries to regain credibility? let's bring in former white house media director. i want to start with you. former administration official. you know, you've been working on some of these, nsa, trying to get some more disclosure, more sunshine on this. the administration every day, every time there's a new disclosure, feels like, t
administration released classified documents. in a new tumblr page that went live yesterday, it's clear that other the years the nsa has intercepted thousands of e-mails from americans who don't have anything to do with terrorism. painting the picture of an agency that began collecting over 50,000 e-mails of innocent americans in 2008 but didn't change their collection efforts and how they were implemented in 2011. one release from 2011 shows that judge john baits, the fisa court chief judge...
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if you're the obama administration, at a certain point, you have to make a practical decision. this is what they're hearing obviously from the israelis, the saudis. go with the military because the military will prevent chaos but at what price. >> i want to play a clip from lindsey graham. no fan of the muslim brotherhood. who is finding himself almost siding more with the muslim brotherhood. particularly after he had some very -- it looks like a meeting -- meetings with the military that didn't go very well. listen to what he had to say. >> the brotherhood would get creamed at the ballot box. but they're going to be a very formidable force on the streets. they're going to get aligned with al qaeda. al qaeda's going to come uninvited to egypt. you'll have a failed state. that means gas prices go up for us. the suez canal gets compromised. and egypt becomes a staging area for terror attacks against it israel. an absolute disaster in the making. >> went further in "the new york times" story on this, he said, what you're doing now is making mor morsi a martyr. it's no longer about
if you're the obama administration, at a certain point, you have to make a practical decision. this is what they're hearing obviously from the israelis, the saudis. go with the military because the military will prevent chaos but at what price. >> i want to play a clip from lindsey graham. no fan of the muslim brotherhood. who is finding himself almost siding more with the muslim brotherhood. particularly after he had some very -- it looks like a meeting -- meetings with the military that...
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and we ended up paying them because we got lectures including from people in the obama administration about the sanctity of contracts. well, here you have contracts with workers guaranteed by the state constitution that apparently don't mean anything. >> let me just emphasize that because that episode was, it was fairly early in the obama administration. there were all these bonuses set to be paid to top aig executives. they were going to be lots own lots of money. there was large outrage across the political spectrum. the answer from everybody were these bonus had to be paid because these were contractual obligations and you could not just rip up contracts. >> exactly. and here it is, you know, when it's ordinary workers rather than folks on wall street, they're prepared to rip up contracts. that's what we're talking about here. i think people should be outraged. lee's exactly right. he's emphasizing the hardship. also, again, you know, i'm not a lawyer, but these are contracts you'd expect to see honored. you know, taking this piece by piece, "a" we know public sector workers are no
and we ended up paying them because we got lectures including from people in the obama administration about the sanctity of contracts. well, here you have contracts with workers guaranteed by the state constitution that apparently don't mean anything. >> let me just emphasize that because that episode was, it was fairly early in the obama administration. there were all these bonuses set to be paid to top aig executives. they were going to be lots own lots of money. there was large outrage...
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. >>> the white house is denying reports that the obama administration has suspended aid to egypt. rather, white house spokesperson josh earnest insisted in the past hour that a review ordered by the president last month is still in progress. >> published reports to the country that suggest that assistance to egypt has been cut off are not accurate. >> so the white house spokesperson did say president obama will meet today with his national security team to discuss egypt and aid issues as part of a regular series of meetings. meantime in egypt, the supreme leader of the muslim brotherhood has been arrested as part of a crackdown on protests against the ouster of the president and muslim brotherhood member mohamed morsi. a court hearing is now scheduled for tomorrow on whether hosni mubarak will be released from prison. nbc's ayman mohyeldin in cairo for us. a lot to get to. seems to be a significant change here. >> reporter: it was. the arrest was certainly not a surprise, given the fact he was wanted by authorities here for the past several weeks. he is accused of inciting violenc
. >>> the white house is denying reports that the obama administration has suspended aid to egypt. rather, white house spokesperson josh earnest insisted in the past hour that a review ordered by the president last month is still in progress. >> published reports to the country that suggest that assistance to egypt has been cut off are not accurate. >> so the white house spokesperson did say president obama will meet today with his national security team to discuss egypt...
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this has been shrewdly and successfully done by the obama administration. it doesn't say much about the rest of us. some good journalism has come out of this that with the snowden leaks and the manning leaks, journalists went through raw data, if you will. >>> information. and did their own reporting. and so some good journalism has come out of it. >> dan rather of "dan rather reports" airing mondays on axs-tv. we have something totally different and slightly ambitious lined up for tomorrow night's show here. i have details coming up. the secret is out. hydration is in. [ female announcer ] only aveeno daily moisturizing lotion has an active naturals oat formula that creates a moisture reserve so skin can replenish itself. aveeno® naturally beautiful results. are you flo? yes. is this the thing you gave my husband? well, yeah, yes. the "name your price" tool. you tell us the price you want to pay, and we give you a range of options to choose from. careful, though -- that kind of power can go to your head. that explains a lot. yo, buddy! i got this. gimme o
this has been shrewdly and successfully done by the obama administration. it doesn't say much about the rest of us. some good journalism has come out of this that with the snowden leaks and the manning leaks, journalists went through raw data, if you will. >>> information. and did their own reporting. and so some good journalism has come out of it. >> dan rather of "dan rather reports" airing mondays on axs-tv. we have something totally different and slightly ambitious...
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so i think the obama administration isn't going to tomorrow sit down and say, we need to rethink our yemen policy, this isn't working. people have been criticizing what it is that they're doing for some time, but i think the obama administration can make sort of three basic tweaks to that that would go a long way towards minimizing the damage that the u.s. does while maximizing the good. the first is sort of taking the signature strikes off the table, being much more judicious in the remaining drone strikes, but second is building up human intelligence on the ground. the cia has lost a dozen years in which the cia has moved much more towards being a paramilitary organization than collecting, sifting, analyzing intelligence. by doing both of those things, that then opens up a lot of space on the ground for yemeni tribes men and clerics to take the fight to al qaeda. it's only those individuals with the standing in the society who are in a position to disrupt, dismantle and tee feet al qaeda. >> now gregory, before we let you go, i want to get your thoughts on the question did an 8-yea
so i think the obama administration isn't going to tomorrow sit down and say, we need to rethink our yemen policy, this isn't working. people have been criticizing what it is that they're doing for some time, but i think the obama administration can make sort of three basic tweaks to that that would go a long way towards minimizing the damage that the u.s. does while maximizing the good. the first is sort of taking the signature strikes off the table, being much more judicious in the remaining...
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this has been shrewdly and successfully done by the obama administration. it doesn't say much about the rest of us. some good journalism has come out of this that with the snowden leaks and the manning leaks, journalists went through raw data, if you will. >>> information. and did their own reporting. and so some good journalism has come out of it. >> dan rather of "dan rather reports" airing mondays on axs-tv. we have something totally different and slightly ambitious lined up for tomorrow night's show here. i have details coming up. to pre is the better choice for her, she's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with her all day to see how it goes. [ claira ] after the deliveries, i was okay. now the ciabatta is done and the pain is starting again. more pills? seriously? seriously. [ groans ] all these stops to take more pills can be a pain. can i get my aleve back? ♪ for my pain, i want my aleve. [ male announcer ] look for the easy-open red arthritis cap. to fly home for the big family reunion. you must be garth's father? hel
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it seemed to me that maybe the intention was to give a little bit of cover to the obama administration to the extent that they really were going to pull back that funding because as you know, what we've done so far is put them on double secret probation. >> p.j., i'll let you get the last word since mike deferred to you. >> sure. i think this mubarak situation is a dilemma because it will fragment the political opposition that is supposed to play the -- you know, be the corner stone of the next government and ostensibly a government that is more inclusive than the last one. we're going to see the exact opposite. the muslim brotherhood, perhaps, forced to be outside the process and in -- will tighten the role the military has. that brings us back to 2011 and we're starting this all over again. >> unbelievable. p.j., thank you. michael, great pleasure having you on as well. >>> still ahead, senator lindsey graham's warning on how this ongoing crisis in egypt could soon impact what you pay at the purpo pump. >>> we're also following developing news. san diego mayor's bob filner possible f
it seemed to me that maybe the intention was to give a little bit of cover to the obama administration to the extent that they really were going to pull back that funding because as you know, what we've done so far is put them on double secret probation. >> p.j., i'll let you get the last word since mike deferred to you. >> sure. i think this mubarak situation is a dilemma because it will fragment the political opposition that is supposed to play the -- you know, be the corner stone...
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this has been shrewdly and successfully done by the obama administration. it doesn't say much about the rest of us. some good journalism has come out of this that with the snowden leaks and the manning leaks, journalists went through raw data, if you will. >>> information. and did their own reporting. and so some good journalism has come out of it. >> dan rather of "dan rather reports" airing mondays on xiaxs-tv. we have something totally different and slightly ambitious lined up for tomorrow night's show here. i have details coming up. my mantra? trust your instincts to make the call. to treat my low testosterone, my doctor and i went with axiron, the only underarm low t treatment. axiron can restore t levels to normal in about 2 weeks in most men. axiron is not for use in women or anyone younger than 18 or men with prostate or breast cancer. women, especially those who are or who may become pregnant and children should avoid contact where axiron is applied as unexpected signs of puberty in children or changes in body hair or increased acne in women may oc
this has been shrewdly and successfully done by the obama administration. it doesn't say much about the rest of us. some good journalism has come out of this that with the snowden leaks and the manning leaks, journalists went through raw data, if you will. >>> information. and did their own reporting. and so some good journalism has come out of it. >> dan rather of "dan rather reports" airing mondays on xiaxs-tv. we have something totally different and slightly...
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president obama is back inside the white house and facing increased calls for his administration to cut off the economic pipeline to egypt. members of the administration saying this afternoon that no decisions have been made yet whether to freeze that aid. instead, repeating that u.s. assistance is under review. >> that review is ongoing and that review is being made in light of actions that are taken by the interim egyptian government. so there certainly are consequences for the actions that are taken by the interim government. >> and joining me from the white house is nbc news correspondent peter alexander. and peter, the critics of the president and the way he's handling egypt principally senators john mccain and lindsey graham say the white house isn't being tough enough. if you threaten to take the aid away, you've got do it or you'll lose whatever little leverage you have. given the fact you have saudis and others in gulf states providing money to egypt anyway, does that aid even even give us leverage at this stage? >> that question goes to the heart of the debate across washingto
president obama is back inside the white house and facing increased calls for his administration to cut off the economic pipeline to egypt. members of the administration saying this afternoon that no decisions have been made yet whether to freeze that aid. instead, repeating that u.s. assistance is under review. >> that review is ongoing and that review is being made in light of actions that are taken by the interim egyptian government. so there certainly are consequences for the actions...
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you know, i think that the obama administration must surely judge that there's some influence left or some sliver or some hope of having influence because they clearly want to keep this aid going. i'm a little surprised, i guess, at this point that they haven't at least talked more explicitly about suspending it or cutting some of it, but you know, that aid really doesn't buy what it used to. that number was set around 1980, and it's never been increased for inflation. so its value when you measure for inflation has really dropped. i forget the percentage. i think it might be about 50% of what it was worth originally. and more importantly, it's completely dwarfed by the, i believe, $10 billion to $12 billion being pumped into egypt right now by saudi arabia and the united emirates. those are the people who have real influence. as i wrote today on time.com, the obama administration's diplomacy might be better directed at those countries, at saudi arabia and the uae and trying them to get messages to the general. >> just quickly, michael, and i know this is a big question, but in the si
you know, i think that the obama administration must surely judge that there's some influence left or some sliver or some hope of having influence because they clearly want to keep this aid going. i'm a little surprised, i guess, at this point that they haven't at least talked more explicitly about suspending it or cutting some of it, but you know, that aid really doesn't buy what it used to. that number was set around 1980, and it's never been increased for inflation. so its value when you...
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the statement said we urge the obama administration to suspend u.s. assistance to egypt and make clear to the current leadership of the country what steps we believe are necessary to halt egypt's decent into civil conflict and ultimately to restore our assistance relationship, which has historically served u.s. national security interests." comes out to 19% of the total aid that egypt receives from countries around the world. it sounds like a lot of money to us. but are we overstating what leverage we really have? >> we're distracted by the wrong element of leverage. it's not financial leverage that matters. that's a symbolic move in my view. we suspended military exercises and the money we should have suspended the day morsi was deposed. we know everybody in egypt's command staff and all gone through the national defense university and exchange programs and joint programs and a very deep, human connection between the u.s. military and intelligence services on our side and on the egyptian side. we should be using every element of those human relations
the statement said we urge the obama administration to suspend u.s. assistance to egypt and make clear to the current leadership of the country what steps we believe are necessary to halt egypt's decent into civil conflict and ultimately to restore our assistance relationship, which has historically served u.s. national security interests." comes out to 19% of the total aid that egypt receives from countries around the world. it sounds like a lot of money to us. but are we overstating what...
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so we've drifted and the obama administration has not shown any clear capacity to help guide events. and then we're told every day in the news we have no say, we don't have any responsibility. we provide the military security for every one of those countries we're talking about right now. for israel, for saudi arabia, for -- >> why does the president say he doesn't have any say? why does the president say his options are limited? >> i think it's a lack of capacity of -- and a lack of decision of what to do. the general problem in my view is that they are conflicted should we really aim for demom craization? it's an islamist regime. you see the strong feeling don't support anything that has that flavor to it, that coloration to it. >> right. >> it's a huge mistake because we want shortcuts, we want the government we want. okay. let the military crack down but we know this is not the end of the story. this is just more crisis that's going to come. >> and, of course, before, gene, the military crackdown the country was turned against the muslim brotherhood and now you've got the muslim
so we've drifted and the obama administration has not shown any clear capacity to help guide events. and then we're told every day in the news we have no say, we don't have any responsibility. we provide the military security for every one of those countries we're talking about right now. for israel, for saudi arabia, for -- >> why does the president say he doesn't have any say? why does the president say his options are limited? >> i think it's a lack of capacity of -- and a lack...
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administration. this is a president who pledged transparently, openness to the american people. right now if you ask them, especially with regard to this activity most people feel they're not getting it. i believe there's going to be a lot more congressional hearings and oversight into september when lawmakers return back to washington. >> okay. another big topic this morning, ed, approving the resolution to block nbc and cnn from hosting gop primary debates. they both plan to air programs of hillary clinton. >> the network that spends millions of dollars to spotlight hillary clinton is a network with an obvious buying. and that's a network that won't be hosting a single republican primary debate. >> now, nbc news has released this statement, "nbc news is completely independent of nbc entertainment and has no involvement in this project." i was looking at the article you wrote regarding this that the rnc never approved or funded any primary debates. what is the practical effect of this vote. >> i was
administration. this is a president who pledged transparently, openness to the american people. right now if you ask them, especially with regard to this activity most people feel they're not getting it. i believe there's going to be a lot more congressional hearings and oversight into september when lawmakers return back to washington. >> okay. another big topic this morning, ed, approving the resolution to block nbc and cnn from hosting gop primary debates. they both plan to air...
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>> the obama administration is encouraging parasite tots come out, and, you know, take as much as they can. >> the majority of blacks want money spent to level the playing field, to redistribute income from the white establishment. there. >> are 50% of the voting public who want stuff. they want things. and who is going to give them things? president obama. >> the sad truth. the sad truth is that the good that bill did with the check he wrote is filed away by the violent and hateful things he says on the air night after night. bill is playing to the extremists in his audience, and it shows. it shows what is wrong with the right wing today. they can't disagree without being disagreeable. they have to make personal attacks on anyone who has a different point of view, and it's not just me, it's true of everyone, from sandra fluke to president obama. that needs to change. america is better than. this and i hoechst my friends on the right are better than tattoo. all right. that's enough for tonight. that's it for tonight's show. i hope everyone has a great weekend, including you, bill. than
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administration but they inked a deal for $14 million to refab some military planes. so they are trying to be serious and take a tough stance but, at the same time, you don't get the sense that the military is really looking to cut out every single thing to hurt, you know, the egyptian, you know, country. >> anna and nick, thank you so much. >> any time. >>> to pakistan. musharraf was indicted for the sensation of butoe. he pleaded not guilty don't. the prime minister was killed in 2007 after a political rally. this is the first time musharraf or any former army chief in pakistan has been charged with a crime. rcials. yep, there i am with flo. hoo-hoo! watch it! [chuckles] anyhoo, 3 million people switched to me last year, saving an average of $475. [sigh] it feels good to help people save... with great discounts like safe driver, multicar, and multipolicy. so call me today. you'll be glad you did. cannonbox! [splash!] [ female announcer ] only aveeno daily moisturizing lotion has an active naturals oat formula that creates a moisture reserve so skin can replenish its
administration but they inked a deal for $14 million to refab some military planes. so they are trying to be serious and take a tough stance but, at the same time, you don't get the sense that the military is really looking to cut out every single thing to hurt, you know, the egyptian, you know, country. >> anna and nick, thank you so much. >> any time. >>> to pakistan. musharraf was indicted for the sensation of butoe. he pleaded not guilty don't. the prime minister was...
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. >> the obama administration is encouraging parasites to come out and take as much as they can with no remorse. this is how our country declines. this is how we become a weak nation. >> now, i disagreed with the allegation of parasites and disagreed with a lot of what was said on the food stamp stuff. his retort is that he once donated money to help us, and you know we feed the poor and children every christmas. i don't know what writing a check does to call people parasites but in his world that's logical. isn't this really the point, that rather than answer the questions, why you call people parasites, where is all of this, you go off and attack someone that would dare raise a question as to why you're calling people in need these names? >> it is. this vitriolic rhetoric has a purpose, and it is to impact public policy. and the reason they want to impact public policy is because -- and your show has done this for mostly all this evening. no plan, no purpose and no vision. >> right. >> the only plan they had was to defeat president obama twice, and they failed. the only vision they
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. >>> in the meantime, another challenge in the middle east in addition to egypt for the obama administration. syria and rebel sources tell nbc news that government used a chemical gas on at least ten towns and villages around damascus this morning and the death toll could be more than 1,200. the syria government denies the attacks but this amateur video was posted online showing villagers being treated at a clinic. nbc news cannot independently verify the reports. to prove toe is the better choice for her, she's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with her all day to see how it goes. [ claira ] after the deliveries, i was okay. now the ciabatta is done and the pain is starting again. more pills? seriously? seriously. [ groans ] all these stops to take more pills can be a pain. can i get my aleve back? ♪ for my pain, i want my aleve. [ male announcer ] look for the easy-open red arthritis cap. more than 50 times a day? so brighten your smile a healthy way with listerine® whitening plus restoring rinse. it's the only rinse that makes your teeth two shades whiter
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it is a very, very difficult set of choices for the obama administration. >> and ambassador ginsburg, the choice of what to do about the continued flow of aid from the united states to egypt. >> let's be clear here. the $1.3 billion in aid, and what the military did as a coup, or to revoke it as a result of these clashes that are taking place, that didn't seem to dissuade the military from acting. and let's also understand our leverage because of that aid is minimal. and among those of us who understand the dynamics of what we call real politic in the middle east, there is significant egyptian popular support for what the government has done here. so let's understand that. secondly, it is important to also understand that from a geo-strategic perspective, we need the egyptian military more than the egyptian military needs the united states aid right now. and we we don't provide the people in qatar, the egyptian ambassador will step in to fill that void. their counterterrorism support in north africa, the stability they represent, the peace treaty with egypt, these are very essential e
it is a very, very difficult set of choices for the obama administration. >> and ambassador ginsburg, the choice of what to do about the continued flow of aid from the united states to egypt. >> let's be clear here. the $1.3 billion in aid, and what the military did as a coup, or to revoke it as a result of these clashes that are taking place, that didn't seem to dissuade the military from acting. and let's also understand our leverage because of that aid is minimal. and among those...
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something the obama administration pledged to do back in october, 2010. believe it or not solar panels have graced the white house roof in the past. it was president jimmy carter who had 32 of them installed in the late '70s. it was president ronald reagan who had them removed in 1986. and this week john oliver wrapped up his stretch of the daily show having filled in of course for john stuart and he wanted to say a special thank you to one person in particular. >> i just want to personally say a big thank you tonight because some people have gone above and beyond to make my job so much easier this summer than it could have been and one in particular. i'm talking of course about anthony weiner. or should i say carlos danger? >>> keeping our eye on cairo where the violence continues to escalate there. earlier today gun battles erupted outside a mosque where hundreds of muslim brotherhood supporters are holed up. it is just the latest development in 72 hours of bloodshed there that's left nearly 800 people dead. we will have a live report from cairo coming
something the obama administration pledged to do back in october, 2010. believe it or not solar panels have graced the white house roof in the past. it was president jimmy carter who had 32 of them installed in the late '70s. it was president ronald reagan who had them removed in 1986. and this week john oliver wrapped up his stretch of the daily show having filled in of course for john stuart and he wanted to say a special thank you to one person in particular. >> i just want to...
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why does the obama administration put in all these delays? they recognize there are huge problems. >> it's funny you mentioned mitt romney. why didn't they plan for this? looking at what mitt romney did in massachusetts, because in massachusetts, mitt romney created the blueprint that became obama care nationally. one of the things they learned on implementation in massachusetts was employer coverage increased. all these issues -- what we have in terms of employers dumping employees from their coverage is more anecdotal than it is a trend. we have stories but i don't know we have a trend. i think we have a few companies seeing an opportunity to blame this on obama care and taking it. in massachusetts what they planned -- >> the delays are obviously good fodder for -- >> and these are big companies. you're talking about -- companies like u.p.s., you're talking about a huge payroll. >> how much has this been a trend before obama care? >> when i think about u.p.s., i think they are, if not the largest union employer, one of the largest union emp
why does the obama administration put in all these delays? they recognize there are huge problems. >> it's funny you mentioned mitt romney. why didn't they plan for this? looking at what mitt romney did in massachusetts, because in massachusetts, mitt romney created the blueprint that became obama care nationally. one of the things they learned on implementation in massachusetts was employer coverage increased. all these issues -- what we have in terms of employers dumping employees from...
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he said while president obama condemns the violence in egypt, his administration continues to send taxpayer dollars to help it. the law is very clear when a coup takes place, the aid must stop. with thousands injured and some dead this week. the chaos continues to grow, the president needs to stop skirting the issue, follow the law and stop sending aid to egypt. ambassador, how would you respond to that? >> well, i must say the fact that we continue to send aid as if it is business as usual is a mistake. let's not be fooled into believing the aid has leverage over the egyptian military it does not. if it had, they would not have acted. we would have already warned about it. we could have suspended the aid, and dispatched secretary kerry to start to deal with the action, which the military desperately needs in order to create the facade that it has support within the newly created government. i'll finish the comment by saying that the general, probably if i were in his shoes, was pretty pleased with the obama administration's response. >> to follow up on that, ambassador, why would he be ple
he said while president obama condemns the violence in egypt, his administration continues to send taxpayer dollars to help it. the law is very clear when a coup takes place, the aid must stop. with thousands injured and some dead this week. the chaos continues to grow, the president needs to stop skirting the issue, follow the law and stop sending aid to egypt. ambassador, how would you respond to that? >> well, i must say the fact that we continue to send aid as if it is business as...
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then the obama administration avoided calling that action a military coup. the same position is harder to maintain today. joining me now from cairo is ayman mohyeldin. what precipitated the violence today? what happened? >> well, over the course of the last several weeks since the removal of president morsi from power. his supporters have formed an umbrella foundation made up of islamist parties. one that's widened its base over the course of the last several weeks. they have staged two massive sit-ins, one in a northern part of the city of cairo, and the other on the western part of the city. those two encampments have become sore points for the government. they have blocked down major parts of cairo, more importantly, the government felt they had become a threat to national security, and disrupted the public peace. and more importantly, that they were being used to rally crowds to more marches and incitements. the government had been threatening it was going to go in with force if necessary, to try to break up these protests, since the muslim brotherhood r
then the obama administration avoided calling that action a military coup. the same position is harder to maintain today. joining me now from cairo is ayman mohyeldin. what precipitated the violence today? what happened? >> well, over the course of the last several weeks since the removal of president morsi from power. his supporters have formed an umbrella foundation made up of islamist parties. one that's widened its base over the course of the last several weeks. they have staged two...
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many have written to the obama administration praising the law privately and asking for health reform money so it's no longer a black and white issue. i think the republican party risks having special interest groups like this heritage foundation lead them to defeat. >> let's talk about the heritage foundation. jim demint and the heritage foundation are staging a town hall meeting this week and pointing a finger at the president. take a peek. >> the only person threatening to shut down the federal government is the president. >> shut down our government. >> president obama has threatened to shut down the government because he wants to replace the sequestered cuts with more tax increases. we want to shut down obama care. >> what is the end game for these groups? october 1st being the big date. >> i think right now really it's going to be determining what this debate is, not letting democrats and president obama to find the debate but go on the offensive and turn it around and say it's not the gop that wants to shut down the government. it's president obama. interesting thing with herit
many have written to the obama administration praising the law privately and asking for health reform money so it's no longer a black and white issue. i think the republican party risks having special interest groups like this heritage foundation lead them to defeat. >> let's talk about the heritage foundation. jim demint and the heritage foundation are staging a town hall meeting this week and pointing a finger at the president. take a peek. >> the only person threatening to shut...
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part of what is making this such a difficult situation to navigate for the obama administration. as you point out, thomas, part of the -- one of the big points that he made was ultimately this is up to egyptians. take a listen to a little more what president obama had to say. >> america cannot determine the future of egypt. that's a task for the egyptian people. we don't take sides with any particular party or political figure. i know it's tempting inside of egypt to blame the united states or the west or some other outside actor for what's gone wrong. we've been blamed by supporters of morsi, we've been blamed by the other side as if we are supporters of morsi. that kind of approach will do nothing to help egyptians achieve the future that they deserve. >> reporter: and, thomas, while we are waiting for reaction to come in, i suspect part of what you'll hear are some lawmakers making the point this doesn't go far enough. we know senator john mccain has been consistently calling on the united states to pull back and to end the $1.3 billion in military aid that it sends to egypt e
part of what is making this such a difficult situation to navigate for the obama administration. as you point out, thomas, part of the -- one of the big points that he made was ultimately this is up to egyptians. take a listen to a little more what president obama had to say. >> america cannot determine the future of egypt. that's a task for the egyptian people. we don't take sides with any particular party or political figure. i know it's tempting inside of egypt to blame the united...
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the obama administration is condemning the violence and the state of emergency as contrary to the interim government's promise to seek reconciliation with former president morsi supporters. secretary of state john kerry has called the violence implorable and says it puts the future in doubt. >> the promise of the 2011 revolution has simply never been fully realized. the final outcome of that resolution is not yet decided. it will be shaped in the hours ahead, in the days ahead. >> nbc's ayman muhadin is live in cairo. obviously, a fast-moving situation. can you tell us the latest from cairo? >> that's right, chris, in just the last hour or so, protesters, supporters of the ousted president and the muslim brotherhood have actually begun some of those marches you were referring to. one of those marches has actually reached the government building here, near the capital, cairo. it is in a district called giza, one of the major metro areas. there, dozens of protesters attacked the governor's office. they used molotov cocktails and set the building on fire. we understand fire trucks trying to
the obama administration is condemning the violence and the state of emergency as contrary to the interim government's promise to seek reconciliation with former president morsi supporters. secretary of state john kerry has called the violence implorable and says it puts the future in doubt. >> the promise of the 2011 revolution has simply never been fully realized. the final outcome of that resolution is not yet decided. it will be shaped in the hours ahead, in the days ahead. >>...